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A review by lovestodancw_81
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
4.0
This book is not going to be for everyone but if you don't mind reading about curmudgeonly and even, perhaps, extremely unlikeable characters (depending on who you ask) a la [b:A Man Called Ove|18774964|A Man Called Ove|Fredrik Backman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1405259930l/18774964._SY75_.jpg|21619954], this book might be the one for you.
This book is a series of loosely connected vignettes revolving around the main character, Olive's, life. While some people might condescendingly pass this off as "women's fiction," this is not a light and fluffy read. There are particularly poignant themes of potential and actual betrayal, loneliness, loss, and rifts between parents and children. While the characters in this book were mostly empty nesters, there were younger characters as well, each of them going through different stages in their lives.
Even though Olive, set in her ways, could tend to be off putting to the townsfolk, I found myself siding with her, even when she took her revenge to the extreme. I wasn't sure how I would feel about this book but I ended up enjoying it much more than I thought I would and I'll definitely be reading [b:Olive, Again|43984883|Olive, Again (Olive Kitteridge, #2)|Elizabeth Strout|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1576676858l/43984883._SY75_.jpg|66502791].
This book is a series of loosely connected vignettes revolving around the main character, Olive's, life. While some people might condescendingly pass this off as "women's fiction," this is not a light and fluffy read. There are particularly poignant themes of potential and actual betrayal, loneliness, loss, and rifts between parents and children. While the characters in this book were mostly empty nesters, there were younger characters as well, each of them going through different stages in their lives.
Even though Olive, set in her ways, could tend to be off putting to the townsfolk, I found myself siding with her, even when she took her revenge to the extreme. I wasn't sure how I would feel about this book but I ended up enjoying it much more than I thought I would and I'll definitely be reading [b:Olive, Again|43984883|Olive, Again (Olive Kitteridge, #2)|Elizabeth Strout|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1576676858l/43984883._SY75_.jpg|66502791].